A woman lawyer named Kiruba Munusamy has accused VCK co-spokesperson and Bigg Boss fame Vikraman of cheating her on the pretext of falling in love with her and extorting money from her. She has also written a letter to VCK leader Thirumavalavan, accusing Vikraman of sexual harassment.
Vikraman, who was a journalist and later jumped into politics, is the current co-spokesperson of the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi. He also participated in the Bigg Boss show last season and won the second place.
Kiruba Munusamy, is a Supreme Court advocate, has written a letter to VCK chief Thirumavalavan, saying “As a Supreme Court lawyer, I have been doing my ph.D. in law in London since 2020 through the National Overseas Scholarship, Ministry of Social Justice, Government of India. It is well known to many, including you, that I continue to work in the courts and public domain against caste oppression. Vikraman, a spokesperson of your party, had been friendly with me through political programmes and said he had fallen in love with me after I moved to London. I agreed because he seemed to have a good motive on progressive politics as well. During this three-year period of this relationship, he has called me a prostitute several times with other obscene words. He has alleged that being a Dalit is the only reason why I am getting political mileage.”
Kiruba also said that Vikraman made her spend money by making her feel like they were in a husband-wife relationship. “When I asked about why he spent ₹80,000/- on his credit card he degraded me by saying, ‘You yourself are freeloading by cheating the government and getting a scholarship by providing a fake caste certificate.’ He also allaged that I will use Dalit men in VCK to rape his sister and mother.”, Kiruba wrote in her letter.
Kiruba also stated that when she mentioned about his caste privileges of being born in the Chettiar caste and his casteist attacks on her, he allegedly taunted her back saying that she was using her Dalit card thereby insulting her life experience as a Dalit woman.
“He has slandered not only about me but also about Dalit key members of his party.”, she said.
“In the last three years, he has made me feel guilty and made me feel that it is wrong to talk about caste oppression or my self-respect as an individual. Because of his psychological oppression, he kept me thinking of committing suicide. I have been severely affected by this and have been forced to seek treatment from a mental health professional.”, Kiruba further alleged in her letter.
“I request you to take party-wise disciplinary action against Vikraman, who cheated me by claiming to be in love with me, made casteist remarks, extorted more than ₹12 lakh so far, mentally abused me and incited me to commit suicide” she said in her letter to Thirumavalavan
She also said ”I have proof of all my claims. I cannot imagine the plight of more ordinary women if Vikraman, who is in a key position in the VCK, had so boldly subjected me, a Supreme Court lawyer, a globally recognised caste-legal expert, an activist against caste oppression, and a Dalit woman with so many political connections to such atrocities.”
“So, I have decided to file a police complaint against him. For the public eye, he behaves like a progressive and a politically honest person. If we don’t take party-wise action against Vikraman for personally committing such indecent acts, it will put a question mark on the very basic ideology of the party which stands for the protection of Dalits,” she said in the letter.
கிருபா முனுசாமி எனும் உச்ச நீதிமன்ற பெண் வழக்கறிஞர் விடுதலை சிறுத்தை கட்சி தலைவர் #திருமாவளவனுக்கு விசிக கட்சி நிர்வாகி மற்றும் பிக் பாஸ் நிகழ்ச்சியில் பங்குபெற்று பிரபலம் அடைந்த #விக்ரமன் குறித்து பரபரப்பான கடிதம்.
தன்னை காதலிப்பதாக கூறி மனரீதியான மற்றும் உடல் ரீதியாக… pic.twitter.com/pvCahEt0dD
— Kanna Pandiyan SKP (@KannaPandiyaSKP) April 23, 2023
This is not the first instance Vikraman has been accused of sexual harassment.
Earlier, he was accused of sexual harassing a man under the pretext of conducting an audition.
Ironically, Vikraman had recently jumped in to protest against the alleged sexual harassment at Kalakshetra. The News Minute had even written a piece extolling him as a progressive politician who had ‘elevated the intellectual standards of Bigg Boss’ by championing anti-casteism and feminism.
Kiruba Munusamy had earlier made sexual harassment allegations against self-styled alleged ‘environmental activist’ Piyush Manush. Apparently, Piyush Manush had sought sexual favours from Kiruba during her internship with him.
When I was studying in the Salem law college around 2006-07, I worked under Environmentalist Piyush Manush for about 1½ months. During which, he requested sexual favour––clearly sexual harassment at the workplace. Then I quit and even upon request my salary wasn’t paid.
— Kiruba Munusamy (@kirubamunusamy) July 10, 2019
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